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Octafish

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3. One has "to gather enough life to understand fully what these films were all about."
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:18 PM
Jul 2012

Fellini -- and life itself -- is like that. Just as we start to grok what's happening, we're entering the middle of our sixth decade!

I am the same way, WCGreen. I'm just starting to appreciate Akira Kurosawa, particularly "Dersu Uzala," now that I've hit 55 and it's 100 outside in Detroit this summer.

I liked La Strada aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #1
I liked it a lot... WCGreen Jul 2012 #2
That is a powerful and wrenching film. hifiguy Jul 2012 #25
One has "to gather enough life to understand fully what these films were all about." Octafish Jul 2012 #3
Ikiru - one of the greatest films ever made in my opinion aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #5
Cool...Kagemusha did the same to me. RagAss Jul 2012 #24
Watched it again a few weeks back whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #4
I watched a Fellini film once. Archae Jul 2012 #6
I really like La Strada. Have watched it 3 times. Would watch it again several times over. patrice Jul 2012 #7
Wonderful actress... WCGreen Jul 2012 #8
Giullieta Masina - Fellini's wife aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #11
I've never seen it... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #9
I think what I found so powerful about La Strada Gregorian Jul 2012 #10
Fellini was a genius, but never forget... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #12
yes, two bicycles thieves was the Italian title...what a movie. all shot in rome on the streets with CTyankee Jul 2012 #19
My impression of Europe was dictated by a Hard Days Night and Georgie Girl... WCGreen Jul 2012 #21
yes it`s a very good movie.... madrchsod Jul 2012 #13
Fellinesque - Everything About What Is Going On Today Fits That Term TheMastersNemesis Jul 2012 #14
Exactly, because there was so much war debre left... WCGreen Jul 2012 #16
Check out his dream diary to get an idea what was going through Fellini's tortured mind Brother Buzz Jul 2012 #15
One of my favorite films by Fellini: BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #17
That was the very first Fellini movie I watched from beginning to end... WCGreen Jul 2012 #20
It's always stayed with me too. BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #22
I'll look for that one... WCGreen Jul 2012 #26
Also look at Tarkovsky's Russia. ananda Jul 2012 #18
Every traffic jam I get into....I think of the famous opening to "8 1/2." RagAss Jul 2012 #23
I LOVE Fellini...knr joeybee12 Jul 2012 #27
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